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Re: We are a Christian Nation....

Slavery was already around nearly two centuries before the founding fathers. I'm having a hard time taking the 'Christian deniers' serious.

Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush founded America's first antislavery society.

Benjamin wrote..

“I would most ardently wish to become a member of it [the society in New York] and... I can safely promise them that neither my tongue, nor my pen, nor purse shall be wanting to promote the abolition of what to me appears so inconsistent with humanity and Christianity... May the great and the equal Father of the human race, who has expressly declared His abhorrence of oppression, and that He is no respecter of persons, succeed a design so laudably calculated to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke.”

Re: We are a Christian Nation....

As a nation, in the [ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation]technical term[/ame], one could say we are Christian. The population of America by a vast amount is Christian and share that common history, traditions, morals, etc.

However, I do not believe Navy is using nation in its technical term but in the mistaken use of referring to a State as a Nation (state being synonymous with "country" here). With that in mind, no we are definitely NOT a Christian country, in so much that our country is OFFICIALLY Christian. One COULD argue we are a country founded on Christian Principles, but its absolutely wrong to say we are a christian state, which is how he's using "nation" in this case, because it is not officially our religion.

Originally Posted by MrWonka

In fact, I would wager to you that within 10 years of today's date that stupid MAGA hat will be registered as a symbol of hate on par with a Swastika.